582 | News from the EDGE | Week of 4.03.2023

April 4, 2023

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Is there an AI Pause Button?

Not a week goes by when we’re not talking about AI these days. Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak say the tech world should put a six-month pause on the development of systems smarter than GPT-4 until an independent or government body can oversee it. . . AKA regulations.

Are ads coming to generative AI? Did you know Google is moving employees around to beef up its Bard division?

All this digital marketing news on more. . . on this episode of the EDGE!

News from the EDGE:

• [00:05:12] You Know What’s Missing from All these AI Chats? Ad Recommendations
• [00:09:06] Elon Musk Finds Out He Is Behind on Tech, Requests the Whole World Takes a Time Out
• [00:14:52]

  EDGE of the Web Sponsor: Site Strategics

• [00:15:53] Google Moving Employees Around in an Attempt to Save Face with Bard
• [00:17:48]

  EDGE of the Web Sponsor: InLinks

Barry Blast from Search Engine Roundtable:

• [00:19:45] Google Maps Can Detect Fake Phone Numbers in Photos and Remove Them
• [00:22:12] How the March 2023 Google Core Update Compared to Previous Core Updates
• [00:26:56] Google Perspectives, About This Author & More Goes Live

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Today’s Headlines

• You know what’s missing from all these AI chats? Ad recommendations 
• Elon Musk finds out he is behind on tech, requests the whole world takes a time out
• Google moving employees around in an attempt to save face with Bard

Barry’s Fast Track

• Google Maps can detect fake phone numbers in photos and remove them
• How the March 2023 Google core update compared to previous core updates
• Google Perspectives, About This Author & More Goes Live

Connect with Jacob Mann,

Producer

Twitter: @TheMann00

LinkedIn: jacobmann

Mastodon: @TheMann00@SEOsocial.community

Connect with Mordy Oberstein,

Co-Host

Twitter: @MordyOberstein

LinkedIn: mordy-oberstein-12551715

Mastodon: @MordyOberstein@SEOcommunity.social

Connect with Erin Sparks,

Host of EDGE of the Web and CEO of Site Strategics

Twitter: @ErinSparks

LinkedIn: erinsparks

Mastodon: @ErinSparks@SEOcommunity.social

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